A crowd of 18,884 showed up for the first game of a Memorial…
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Moping about the lobby of Boston’s luxurious Hotel Statler,…
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Babe Ruth joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as they traveled by train…
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This is a true baseball story. In 1969 two minor-league teams…
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Montreal Expos general manager Omar Minaya had shocked the baseball…
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Chick Gandil and Tris Speaker were cut from the same cloth. They…
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The Chicago Cubs were clinging to a slim lead atop the National…
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For an obscure two-season pitcher, mid-1880s left-hander Cyclone…
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In mid-July of 2018 the Tampa Bay Rays were making their only…
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The 1976 Cincinnati Reds were on the cusp of accomplishing a…
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The visiting Washington Nationals (37-27) were enjoying an unexpected…
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The 1991 Atlanta Braves (94-68) were the surprise of the National…
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May 30, 1950: Dodgers sweep Phillies to take over first place; Duke Snider blasts three homers
October 9, 2001: Cleveland’s Bartolo Colón fires eight shutout innings in ALDS opener
Taylor Douthit
Jay Porter
This Week in SABR: May 31, 2019
April 18, 1929: Rain delays Opening Day; Robins grounded in Boston hotel
June 1, 1940: Pee Wee Reese gets beaned by Cubs, leading to bleacher changes at Wrigley
August 4, 1969: When Waterbury and Elmira played a minor-league game by mistake
Bob Broeg
Al Huenke
August 9, 2002: Bartolo Colón records his first multi-hit game
May 31, 1919: Gandil, Speaker drop gloves for ‘old time fistfight’ as White Sox top Indians
July 5, 1915: Reds’ Heinie Groh hits for the cycle, scores four times against Cubs
April 8, 2002: Astros’ Craig Biggio hits for the cycle, spoils Rockies’ home opener
This Week in SABR: May 24, 2019
Cyclone Miller
July 14, 2018: La Tortuga mops up for Twins
October 21, 1976: Big Red Machine sweeps Yankees for second straight World Series championship
June 14, 2005: Pine tar on the glove, fracas on the field: Who tipped off Frank Robinson?
Rey Ordoñez
Harry Lochhead
October 17, 1991: John Smoltz fires shutout for Braves in pennant clincher
George Kissell
This Week in SABR: May 17, 2019